Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-29

man IN the cna1r. Ills uOnOr 1ntrO-
duced to the gentlemen present, Mr..
H. Il. Houghton and Mr.. Isaac Trum-
bo, delegates representing Salt Lake,
New York, and San Francisco. These
gentlemen represent millions Of dol
lars for the construction OF the road,
and stated that the whole cost of the
line, including equipments, would not
exceed fifteen millions of dollars,
"a sum at least five millions of dollars
less than was anticipated. The peo-
pie of Utah will subscribe enough to
build the road to the Nevada line and
the State of Nevada will give exemp-
tlon IRON taxst.iui, on the line for ten
years and a subsidy OF $4,000 per mile
through that state which it will open
in its most valuable part to business /;
that it was necessary to have an in.
corporation in California, Utah and
Nevada, according to law. An incor-
poration had already been formed in
Utah and the same was necessary
here to enable the company to proceed
in a legal manner in subscription,
rights of way, etc.
A motion was then made by DIR.
Cougar, and carried unanimously,
that an incorporation be formed under
the laws of the State of California, to
be known as the "Salt Lake and Los
Angeles Railroad Company" and
papers of incorporation be prepared
| for that purpose to be presented at an
adjourned meeting to be held tomor-
row.
The members then recommended
by unanimous vote that the following
gentlemen should compose the board
of eleven directors for South Califor-
MIA:
For Los angeles City-Hon. w. III.
Workman, Thomas E. Rowan, E.
Germain, f. w. Jones.
For Pasadena-John P. Woodbury.,
B. F. Ball, 0. H. Cougar.
For Ne,o York-James Stokes, Will
lam Hitchcock, John L. N. Hunt.
For San Francisco-H. r. Houghton.
| At the meeting held to-day these
gentlemen, unless they may decline to
serve, will be elected and sign the
articles of incorporation, which will at
once be filed, and the usual officers
elected.
1t is stated that the right of way has
been secured to the Nevada line from
Salt Lake, and that the line is now
being run through the State of Ne
vada. Surveyors will soon enter the
the field with proper guides from the
Los Angeles end of the line through
the Sierra Madre. 1t was stated at
the meeting, that a passage through
the mountains could be made over a
distance of fifteen miles at cost of
500 900 per mile. As this is the only
robust and rugged obstacle in the way
the road can me made at moderate
cost.
The chief engineer of the Northern
Pacific railroad will be employed as
an expert, to pass upon the various
surveys of the line. All the money is
ready to complete the surveys that
have already been begun.
To-day the great preliminary work
will doubtless he accomplished, and
the grand mediterranean line of rail
way started on its way. 1t is phe-
nomenally located line, out Of compe-
tition with parallel lines. penetrating
the heart of the country west of the
Mississippi through rich mineral
region the like of which is not known
in the world. The amount of soda,
borax, silver, gold, coal, iron, salt and
lead along this line is beyond compu-
tation. This road will open a great
market for the fruits and wines Of
South California, and reduce the dis
tance to Chicago about 800 miles. In
direct line the distance from Los An
geles to Salt Lake is but little over 600
miles.
Another advantage which this line
possesses is the fact that it lies
south of the deep snow line and north
of the line of water spouts, with no
| large streams OF water to cross, and,
therefore, no extensive and expensive
bridges to be maintained. 1t is fair
to conclude that the cost of keeping
this line in repair will be much less
than that of the present lines over the
mountains. Everything seems favor
able to the speedy construction of the
road, and to its future prosperity. Its
construction would add millions of
dollars to the wealth of South Califor-
mia, and, in fact, of all the United
States. The people of the City of Los
Angeles and of Pasadena are enthusi-
astic in the matter, and will subscribe
literally to the stock of the Company.
The Salt Lake people are jubilant at
the prospect, as appears by the follow
ing editorial in the Herald of that city:
"Now that the Salt Lake and Los An
geles Railway is an assured success,
our business men and real estate own
ers should at once bestir themselves in
another direction. The road is essen
TALLY Salt Lake inspiration the idea
was conceived here, and here it was
worked out to a successful issue. 1t was
to help this city that the scheme was
born, and with this in view our enter
prising citizens enthusiastically es-
poused it. And now we should take
advantage of what it will offer in our
favor, and make the most of every
thing. The railway will run through
succession OF mining districts, the
main line being almost continuously
in mineral region, from Salt Lake to
Mojave. 1t will not only open many
valuable lodges in Utah, but will
traverse the richest mineral belt in
Nevada, and cross some gold, silver
and lead-bearing country in Cali
fornia."
Mayor Workman, after the meeting
drove Messrs. Houghton and Trumbo
through the city taking in the hill s
on both sides OF the river and the
leading streets OF Nam, Spring, Hill,
Olive, Grand Avenue and Figueroa
faction at the beauty and thrift exhib-
tied on all sides that increased their
desire to see railway from Salt Lake
to this land of beauty and fertility.
To-day they will seek for route to
deep water on the coast as near to
Los Angeles as possible.
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